Since a couple of people have asked, I should probably say a little more than my flip response to Pithlord's hope (and, at one time, prediction) that the federal "partial birth" legislation will not be overturned because it exceeds Congress' Commerce Clause powers. The long...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Lindsay won't be happy, but apparently Feingold isn't running for President. I'm a little ambivalent, because I like Feingold a lot. But in light of the election it makes sense..
Shorter Ann Althouse: Democrats must start answering the following question: "When will you stop being traitors?" As Glenn points out, what's particularly funny about this is that Althouse, Reynolds, Peretz.
As a follow-up to this post, I missed it because I still read the Times the old-fashioned way but the death of the legislation required to inscribe discrimination into the Massachusetts constitution is apparently not merely hypothetical. Somehow, I'm sure this will fail to come...
Look, when it comes to party-establishment v. netroots I'm squarely in the "it's not a zero-sum game" camp. I even think that Harold Ford is probably a pretty good option.
I've been reading over the oral arguments in the two federal D&X ban cases; if I see any nuggets that don't fit into my larger article I'll pass them along..
I was lucky enough to have a brief chat with Congressman Barney Frank, who was visiting Hunter to teach two classes, last night. He confirmed my analysis of Massachusetts politics after Goodridge--it's highly unlikely that a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision will pass, and...
A meaningful college game in the metropolitan area? Because Rutgers is undefeated? And they stay that way because they beat the (admittedly dubious) #3 BCS team? What's next, the Royals.
I'm not sure what Atrios is so upset about. Personally, I'm relieved that we'll finally be able to see John McCain and Joe Lieberman on a Sunday talk show. I.
Shorter Verbatim Dan "How can I be homophobic? I left my gay brother to die alone in a San Francisco flophouse" Riehl: "I'd rather the enemy wore the right uniform. With Chafee, I always had the sense Catholic Schoolgirl was his uniform of choice -...
As Donald Rumsfeld is finally thrown under the bus, it seems appropriate to return to Jon Chait's recent account of the Rumsfeld-worship of the early Bush era. (The nadir was.
Shorter Michelle Malkin: The fact that an obscure ex-Congresswoman wrote a book about impeachment provides irrefutable evidence that the Democratic leadership will try to impeach President Bush. Similarly, my book.